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WARWicKSHiRe coUNTY YoUTH oRcHeSTRA
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Fèis Rois enables young people to participate in and enjoy traditional Scottish music and the Scottish Gaelic language and its associated culture. Fèis Rois translates as Ross-Shire Festival. The organisation was founded in Ross-Shire in 1986 and now works nationally and internationally. Foundation funded by Creative Scotland and with a year-round programme of activity that engages over 3,000 young people, Fèis Rois is regarded as one of Scotland’s leading arts education providers. The majority of the musicians performing this evening are from the Highlands. However, the group represents Scotland as a whole with some of the musicians coming from Orkney, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moray, Ayrshire and the Western Isles.
Park High School has over 250 students taking instrumental lessons, who contribute to the musical life of the school. Extracurricular life at Park High never stops and students benefit from many performing opportunities, such as informal Christmas concerts, the Young Musician of Park competition, GCSE/A level showcases and celebration assemblies. Park High has a history of performing at many prestigious venues such as the Royal Festival Hall and now the Royal Albert Hall. In 2010, the department went on tour to Germany sharing their love for Dhol drumming in Europe. This year the music department is working in collaboration with the BBC Singers, preparing for a performance at the Camden Roundhouse in March. Next year they are participating in the Music Nation Weekend as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympics.
The orchestra has been running since 1984 and since that time has tackled much of the classic symphonic orchestral repertoire. It has provided an opportunity for some of Warwickshire's finest young musicians to meet on a regular basis to gain valuable orchestral experience and to socialise together. The orchestra has recently toured such places as Belgium, Spain, Germany and Austria. The invitation to perform at the Royal Albert Hall is the culmination of many years of hard work and dedication.
This unique ensemble has been put together as part of a series of launch events signalling the start of Music for Youth’s festival series in Scotland. With the support of Creative Scotland, MFY will be hosting festivals during 2012 in Glasgow, Perth and Inverness – showcasing local young musicians and promoting cross border collaboration. Ceòlraidh met for the first time on 17 October. They spent five days in residence on a Fèis Rois course in the small Highland fishing village of Ullapool where they worked on the music you will hear tonight. The music is rooted in the Scottish tradition, but includes contemporary influences and features musical instruments you might not usually expect to hear performing alongside each other: clarsachs (Scottish small harp) with clarinets and bagpipes with trumpets! Piano Catriona Hawksworth Clarsach Megan Kiln Cajon John Munro Mandolin Innes White Guitar Neil Convery, Ruth Green, Craig Irving, Megan Mackay, Kaitlin Ross
The Dhol is very much a cultural instrument, originating from the North West part of India during the 15th century. Dhol playing is associated with Punjabi music, also known as Bhangra and is often mixed with other music genres, for example Techno and Funky House. At Park High School the Dhol teacher, Anand Vekaria, understands the importance and passion students have for music. Anand has worked alongside the students who have shown great enthusiasm and hard work in order to put this piece together. Laura Leigh, the Head of Dance, has worked closely with students from year 10 to choreograph a vibrant performance incorporating many traditional movements from Indian dance, complimenting the ‘mind blasting beats’ of the Dhol drum. The group hope that you enjoy their performance as much as they enjoyed putting it together. Drummers Nirag Gami, Manesh Halai, Sujan Haria, Mishal Khimji, Jaimin Patel, Yash Pattni, Tej Shah, Bharat Varsani, Anand Vekaria, Dilan Vekaria Dancers Shreya Joshi, Riddhi Patel, Vithusha Rajkumar, Priyia Ravi, Chanda Viyas
The Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms are a set of twenty one lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1869. The dances contain a kaleidoscope of Hungarian colours, with slow majestic dignified sections alternating with faster lively virtuosic sections. The dances were first written for solo piano four hands (two players) and earned Brahms widespread public admiration. Hungarian Dance No 6 was orchestrated by Martin Schaeling. Violin 1 Rosie Butcher, Alana Chen, Karina Clifford, Siobhan Cullinane*, Leah Edwards, Rose Edwards, Jade Evans, Holly Gallan, Lauren Hinds, Verra Luianta, Thomas McGovern, Rose Moore, Tania Shukla Violin 2 Elizabeth Bonham, Lucinda Bourne*, Jintong Du, Emily Edwards, Harriet French, Tim Gillespie, Luke Griffin, Elizabeth Hong, Matthew Johnstone, Dale Sewell, Isobel Williams, Danya Zeng, Julian Zhou Viola Holly Coombes, Emma Fairclough, Thomas Mead, Annie Newton, Adam Sangster*, Andrew Weiner, Sophie White Cello Rowan Bidmead, Elizabeth Bolitho, Imogen Gallan, Ethan Gardner*, James Heathcote, Camille Hnat, Ben Sturdy, Georgia Sturt Double Bass Harriet Cole, Lucy Edmunds, Ellen Hetherington* Flute Catriona Bourne*, Zoe Chandler, Amy Foden, Danielle Goode, Natasha Hobson, James Sturdy
Fiddle Calum Barker, Chloe Bryce, Megan Dale, Mairi Gilmour, Robbie Greig, Rebecca Griggs, Charlotte Gunn, Hayley Keenan, Katie MacDonald, Tara Macrae, Isabella Macleod, Molly Nolan, Sally Simpson, Caitlin Sinclair, Finnie Swinnie
Oboe Abigail Keers, Caroline Murphy*
Accordion Kim MacLennan, Padruig Morrison, Robbie Stevenson, Ruairidh White
Bassoon Lotti Irvine*, Daniel Leung, Edward Stern, Laura Turnball
Bagpipes/Whistle Magnus Bichan, Shannon Cowie, Conal McDonagh, Finlay Murray
Horn Harry Brignal, Gwen Edmunds*, Caroline Weiner
Trumpet Gregor Beattie, Michael Iles, Emma McNally
Trumpet Isabel Bourne, Michael Durkin*, Joshua Mackereth
Oboe Bruce Foster
Trombone Sam Howarth, David Jakeman, Peter Simmons*
Clarinet Belinda Gordon Saxophone Felicity Evans Lead Vocals Calum Barker, Robbie Greig Harmony Shannon Cowie, Megan Dale, Belinda Gordon, Molly Nolan, Kaitlin Ross, Finnie Swinnie 40
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Cor Anglais Abigail Keers Clarinet Coral Heath*, Julia Hope, Paul Jordon, Katie Roe
Tuba Tim Goodman Percussion Francesca Lombardelli, Jake Maiden* Organist Thomas Neal